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Posted on 07/15/2009 10:48:45 PM PDT by SolidWood
Another Ethics Complaint Rejected
July 15, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska - The Alaska Personnel Board has rejected another ethics complaint lodged against Governor Sarah Palin.
The complaint alleged that the governor misused state time by accepting media interviews. The complaint also alleged that Governor Palin was paid for television and radio interviews. Governor Palin has not been paid for media interviews.
This complaint was filed by Raymond Alvin Ward on July 9. It was rejected in part because it was not properly notarized. In addition, Personnel Board Chairman Debra English said the board had already determined media interviews did not violate the Ethics Act. Ward lacked evidence to support his allegation that the governor received any payment for media interviews.
Governor Palin's attorney, Thomas Van Flein, responded to the dismissal saying, "The board has appropriately determined that a complaint must have a factual basis of some type and that complaints based on pure speculation are not proper. This most recent complaint demonstrates the problem with the system, and the manner in which it can be abused."
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There really should be a fine if you bring a charge like this against someone and lose.
The complaining party should pay for all costs when they lose and barred from further complaints if it is found to be frivolous the first time.
Hint, it ain't the Republicans.
Does anyone have a count of how many this is?
Besides Mrs. Palin of course. :)
I hope she sues these clowns! It’s beyond ridiculous what they have put her and her family through!
The 16th dismissed from 19.
Yet they are upset she is leaving.
I'm wondering who is paying for the lawyers. Soros?
Andree was om some radio station tonight, she said she will continue filing these ethics complaints even when Sarah is not in office. This is what I typed on C4P:
Andree is a mental patient. See, these are the kinds of vile scum the Democrats are after to file these ethics complaints. They find the most mentally disturbed individuals to do stuff like this because they have nothing to lose. Of all the idiots who are filing these complaints, it’s Andree that seriously worries me. Sarah’s friend twittered yesterday how when Sarah was 8 months pregnant, Andree jumped her and Sarah had to be taken away for her own safety. This woman attacked an 8 month pregnant woman. This lady has serious mental problems and I worry for Sarah’s physical safety. No wonder Sarah did not want to give this whack job a job in her Administration. She saw what a looney tune she was dealing with
16 or so.
too bad we all cant sue em back.....
It’s not even about suing this nut job back, she is a serious danger to Sarah’s physical well-being. She has tried hurting her before, who says she won’t try it again. This is all because Sarah said NO to her when asked to be in her Administration. Andree has already said repeatedly that if Sarah puts her into her cabinet she would stop doing this
Straight up harassment.
Alaska is a big state. If people can get lost in Nevada, it looks like a few could get lost in Alaska. If they fell out of a plane, there would be no tire tracks even. Thank God I live in Texas where it’s civilized.
Whine whine whine.... I get so sick of it.
When are Republicans going to begin filing frivolous ethics complaints by the boatload against every stinking rat in Alaska? What, rats are the only ones who can file ethics complaints?
Previously...
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/archive.php?id=1923
State of Alaska > Governor > Archive
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Fifteenth Ethics Complaint Dismissed Printer Friendly
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
No. 09-155
Fifteenth Ethics Complaint Dismissed
June 23, 2009, Anchorage, Alaska – The 15th ethics complaint filed against the governor or one of her staff has been dismissed. The complaint, filed by Andree McLeod against Anchorage Office Director Kris Perry, alleged Perry used her official position for personal gain by traveling with the governor on three occasions.
The complaint was filed even after Perry obtained an opinion from her ethics supervisor, Linda Perez. In the opinion, dated September 28, 2008, Perez concluded, “By officially staffing the governor, you will be providing a more efficient means for direct communication between the state and the governor. It is in the best interest of the state at this time to have a state employee provide that staff function to ensure that information is provided timely to the governor and any decisions, questions or directions relayed back to the state.”
“It is outrageous to file an ethics complaint against a state employee who sought and obtained ethics guidance in advance,” Mike Nizich, the governor’s chief of staff, said. “This is not about ethics. This is not about holding the governor or state employees accountable. This is pure harassment.”
In dismissing the complaint on June 5, 2009, Acting Attorney General Richard Svobodny concurred with the conclusions of the investigator that “[t]he evidence reviewed does not support the alleged violations of the Ethics Act or suggest the need for further investigation. Under these circumstances, Ms. Perry was not using her official position for her own personal gain or to provide an unwarranted benefit to Governor Palin in violation of AS 39.52.120 (a) because Ms. Perry was traveling on authorized state business.”
The investigator continued: “We would also be remiss in not stating for the record that for the highly unusual situation of the vice presidential campaign, and even the two other trips, the record clearly shows that Ms. Perry gave far more of her personal time to the state of Alaska than she may have used state time, if any, for non-state-related or unavoidable personal activities.”
“While asserting false accusations of ethics law violations, the complainant simultaneously violates the same ethics law by publicizing her malicious accusations,” Perry said. “These improper actions benefit no one, waste state money and resources, and only seek to damage reputations.”
In the past two years, the state of Alaska has spent millions of dollars processing ethics complaints, public records requests, and related lawsuits. ###
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